
Oskar Eustis: Bringing “Hamilton” to the Stage and Making Theater Accessible to All
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Oskar Eustis is the Artistic Director at the Public Theater in New York City. He sits down with Guy to talk about “falling into the avant-garde rat hole” early in his career; convincing Lin-Manuel Miranda that Hamilton was more than a concept album; bringing theater to senior centers, women’s shelters, and prisons; and why he believes performing arts are essential to democracy.
See what the Public theater has playing here: https://publictheater.org/
Links from the Show:
- Lin-Manuel Miranda debuts Hamilton at the White House in 2009
- Oskar’s TED Talk
- Brief profile of the Public Theater’s Public Works program
- Shakespeare in the Park
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